COMS 4412 Chapter Notes - Chapter N/A: Glossary Of Video Game Terms, Backgammon, Paintball
13 Sep 2016
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Building on seven game definitions by previous writers, the author creates a new game definition that they call the classic game model. The model is classic in the sense that it is the way games have traditionally been constructed. It is also a model that applies to at least a 5000-year history of games. Games following the classic game model have been known in the vast majority of human cultures. While many definitions of games have been attempted, the definition that the author proposes has the goal of explaining what relates to video games to other games and what happens on the borders of games. We are probably interested in understanding the properties of the games themselves, how the player interacts with them, and what it means to be playing rather than working. A good definition should describe these three things: o o o. The system set up by the rules of a game.
